DOCSLIB.ORG

Annual Review | 2018/2019 WELCOME from the VICE-CHANCELLOR Dr John Cater CBE

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Annual Review | 2018/2019 WELCOME from the VICE-CHANCELLOR Dr John Cater CBE Annual Review | 2018/2019 WELCOME FROM THE VICE-CHANCELLOR Dr John Cater CBE Despite continued uncertainty in the Higher Education The University has also enhanced links with external sector, it has, once again, been a good year for Edge Hill organisations this year, ensuring Edge Hill’s facilities and University. expertise are key resources for a range of communities. A new Productivity and Innovation Centre is boosting the While applications have remained stable this year, we have regional economy by providing local companies with seen a marked rise in conversions – one in three people training, support and advice to address challenges and who apply to Edge Hill now go on to take up a place – develop business skills. Our new Medical School focuses on demonstrating that Edge Hill is increasingly being seen as providing training and support for the North West NHS and the place to study in the region. is developing partnerships with major health providers in the The fact that Edge Hill is rising up the league tables is also a region. We have also recently won a £1m contract to deliver factor in our success this year. We moved into the Top 50 an MSc for Physician Associates to help meet regional demand for this emerging role. of The Guardian University Guide 2020 and are now in the Top 1000 global universities, according to the Times Higher It’s been another year of campus improvements aimed at Education World University Rankings 2019. The WhatUni enhancing the student experience. Catalyst, our new flagship Student Choice Awards shortlisted Edge Hill for University building, was officially opened this year by HRH The Princess of the Year and also placed us in the top 10 in five categories Royal, bringing together all student services under one this year – accommodation, job prospects, facilities, student copper-plated roof. We also established a new Clinical Skills support and international – all areas in which we are and Simulation Centre, a fantastic resource for all Health, traditionally very strong. Social Care and Medical students, which is also the new In terms of research, we continue to grow our capacity and home for the North West Institute of Radiology (NWIR). This reputation. We will enter double the number of staff into partnership will not only see Edge Hill hosting the NWIR’s the forthcoming Research Excellence Framework (REF) in postgraduate training for doctors but will also provide 2021 and we expect to significantly improve our results from opportunities for collaboration in the future that will benefit REF 2014. staff and students. Edge Hill is a place that is moving forward. Every year we continue to make sustainable improvements to ensure we attract and retain students from all backgrounds, giving them an accessible and high-quality experience that will improve their life chances. Thank you for being part of this. Edge Hill University 2018/2019 CONTENTS A Royal appointment 3 Students’ double success 5 Research Institutes relaunched 7 Examining Thailand’s coastal change 9 Mental health survey first 11 Biosciences labs opened 13 Aiding children’s hospital experience 15 Experts share their experiences 17 Robot learns dementia from soap storyline 19 Desert challenge achieved 21 Life’s a beach 23 The science behind literature 25 Games expo experience 27 Graduations 2018/19 29 The University’s new Professors 31 Credits 33 1 ♦ 2 Edge Hill University 2018/2019 A ROYAL APPOINTMENT Edge Hill’s new campus development is given the Royal seal of approval. Catalyst, the new £27m home for the library, careers and student services functions, was officially opened by Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal. Her Royal Highness toured the state-of-the-art building and met with students, staff and alumni, plus key people involved in its development and construction, before officially opening the building. During her visit, Her Royal Highness had the opportunity to learn about research in the Biology department, which focuses on the eradication of major global health threats. This included work on insecticide resistance in mosquitos and research aimed at developing new antibiotics from strains of Streptomyces bacteria. Professor Clare Austin, Director of Medical Education, gave an overview of the Edge Hill University Medical School, and Her Royal Highness viewed Remember Me, a multimedia art installation by Professor Helen Newall, exploring the fragmentation of memory and identity in the context of WWI. She examined archive items relating to the University’s history and links with the suffragette movement, viewed demonstrations by the student wellbeing and campus life teams and met student volunteers, scholarship winners and alumni. She also saw a rehearsal of a suffragette-themed play and learned about the University’s work with Tate Liverpool. Edge Hill’s Vice-Chancellor, Dr John Cater, said: “The University is exceedingly proud of our iconic Catalyst building, which is transforming learning and support opportunities for over 10,000 students. We’re honoured that Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal, kindly and generously agreed to formally open this stunning facility.” 3 ♦ 4 L-R Alice Waddington, Eve Hesketh and Emily Kavanagh Bunched hands Dominant hand move up and makes D against make contact non-dominant Sign 昀nishes with forehead index 昀nger. at 昀ngertips Healthcare Cards Twist dominant hand forward The following Makaton Symbols and Signs have been selected to use as a prompt. pivoting on The symbol and sign will be printed back to back; they should then be laminated and thumb tip then attached to a ring for quick reference. Learning Disability Week Fist on Directional chest My name is... (昀nger spell initial 昀rst letter of your name) Thumb With index traces cross on outside 昀nger and thumb, mime of arm taking pulse Nurse Ill I am aaNurse I am Doctor Position Position hand hand at sight Outward at sight of pain of pain and circling and shake shake hand movement hand Are you in pain? Where does it hurt? Doctor Tablet Dominant 昀at hand, palm up, makes short movement towards dominant side. Directional Can I helpyou? Please lie down Small arced movement - placement can be varied Wave hand to suit context Pain Medicine You can go home now, goodbye. 1 5 © The Makaton Charity 2018 copying restricted © The Makaton Charity 2018 copying restricted Makaton symbols and line drawings of signs are reproduced with permission from The Makaton Charity (Makaton.org) ©2019 Edge Hill University 2018/2019 STUDENTS’ DOUBLE SUCCESS Nursing students collected national awards for Makaton healthcare cards which help people communicate more easily. A team of nursing students who collaborated on a project to highlight the difficulties faced by young people with communication issues picked up two major national awards recognising their pioneering work. Alice Waddington, Emily Kavanagh and Eve Hesketh won the Student Innovation in Practice accolade in the 2019 Student Nursing Times Awards, and the Andrew Park Student Nurse Award at the 2019 RCNi Nurse Awards, after receiving widespread acclaim for the creation and promotion of Makaton healthcare cards. Makaton is a language programme that uses symbols, signs and speech to enable people to communicate. Signs are used, with speech, in spoken word order. This helps provide extra clues about what someone is saying. Using signs can help people who have no speech or whose speech is unclear. Using symbols can help people who have limited speech and those who cannot, or prefer not to sign. Inspired by a mother’s story of her daughter’s struggles to relay information to healthcare professionals, they have continued to raise awareness of Makaton signing via workshops and social media. Working with The Makaton Charity, their cards quickly became the most downloaded resource on their website. Following their second success, they said: “We are so excited to have won these awards and aim to use this platform to raise further awareness around inclusive communication and the profile of learning disability nursing.” Alice added: “To know that we have been able to influence the approach to care is a major highlight. We knew nurses were not receiving sufficient learning disability training and have found that students want this training, and have found it beneficial.” 5 ♦ 6 RESEARCH INSTITUTES RELAUNCHED Edge Hill University’s thriving research community continues to grow and develop, focusing on areas that can have a positive impact on communities, locally, nationally and internationally. This year, Edge Hill has made some changes to its three Research Institutes to reflect its evolving research portfolio and to better respond to society’s changing needs and priorities. As well as updated names, the Institutes have repositioned what they do to make it easier for academics and external organisations to connect, share and benefit from the wealth of collaborative research taking place at Edge Hill University. Health Research Institute (HRI) Established as the Postgraduate Medical Institute (PGMI) in 2015, the newly named Health Research Institute’s remit has evolved from facilitating research in medicine and allied health professions at Edge Hill to providing a platform for driving and supporting innovative collaborative healthcare research from a range of academic and healthcare perspectives, beyond those traditionally associated with medicine. The cross-faculty, interdisciplinary, partnership focused Institute will now be concentrating its work on clusters of research excellence in: - Children, young people and
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Rak on the Road Rstart
    MIRROR, FEBRUARY r, d REFORD & POPSWOP Suzi's first headline tour Lindisfarne bow out stood to have made h LINDISFARNEat plans, which leaves ARE splitting up three others, R J RAK ON THE ROAD the end of their son, Charlie Hareq UK Tommy Duffy m SUM Quatro The tour dates are: current forming a new sets out feel bar on Apollo. Glasgow (Febru- because they Alan her first head ary 23); City Hall, they Hull's soloNa lining Inn that musically based mi the theme tour of Britain Newcastle (24); Hard the later In have reached BBC -2 play, ill February Rock. Manchester (25): released In and Guildhall, Preston (26); of the road with April a will be sup- end t. single taken from ported Stadium, Liverpool current sjrortly. The by Cozy (March 3); City Hall, the new byes Powell's Hammer Alan Hull be formed, hope to Sheffield (4): Town Hall, a solo an album and Arrows. Birmingham (6); Gate out ao records followed by a most. Ipswich (6); and album Squire which UK lot The tour, known London's Rainbow be the the spring. is likely to It is the second as the Rak Road - Theatre (8). a solo show, Suzi's new single. Your basis for final split of Undid will have all i drum- the first split while ev tickets priced at Mama Won't Like It goes career, - on sale this Friday, and mer Paul Nichols Is Jack the Lad _ sad £1.50, and they will the Arrow's latest My be climaxed by a fare reported to gig in their go on sale at box Last Night With You, is Aerial Bend- natl.
    [Show full text]
  • Newsletter 44
    Newsletter Hartlepool & District U3A New Year Edition, Issue 44, January 2021 Happy New Year! Happy New Year! Happy New Year! Happy New Year! Comments from the Chair First of all, greetings to you all and I hope you enjoy the festive period Things are definitely looking more optimistic for the new year with more vaccines becoming ready for distribution. I know that some of our members have already had their first jab, so things are definitely going in the right direction. It is important not to get too far ahead of ourselves as it will be a huge undertaking to get everyone vaccinated before we can return to something approaching normal life. With this in mind, the Committee has decided that we need to hold the AGM that has been held over since June. Obviously, we cannot have a face-to-face meeting so we will be holding a 'virtual' AGM on Friday February 5th 2021 at 2 pm. We will be sending out all the relevant documentation required in mid-January by email and by post to give you all plenty of time to scrutinise them. The virtual meeting will be held via Zoom and every member is invited to join. We want to encourage as many members as possible to join and we can offer help if you need it. Phil has kindly offered to help members who are new to Zoom the week before the AGM. Further details will follow. By the time you read this, the latest TAT newsletter will have been sent out and you can also book Introduction to Zoom sessions via a link in this latest edition.
    [Show full text]
  • Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Guiness British Hit Singles by Karen O'brien Karen Boddington and Mark Williams
    Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Guiness British Hit Singles by Karen O'Brien Karen Boddington and Mark Williams. Karen Boddington and Mark Williams formed the Australian vocal duet that sang the original theme tune for the TV soap Home and Away. Mark Williams has performed with several other groups. Charts. The theme tune is entitled "Home and Away", and it was released on the First Night label. It entered the UK Singles Chart on 2 September 1989, and remained in the charts for only one week, reaching position 79. [1] Issue. It was used as the theme tune to the show from 1988 until 1995. There have been 7 different full versions of the theme song used, including 2 by The Robertson Brothers. References. Rice, Tim; Jonathan Rice & Paul Gambaccini (1990), Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums , Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness World Records and Guinness Publishing, ISBN 0-85112-398-8 ( Note: misprinted as "Baddington") Dieser Artikel basiert auf dem Artikel Karen Boddington and Mark Williams aus der freien Enzyklopädie Wikipedia und steht unter der GNU- Lizenz für freie Dokumentation. In der Wikipedia ist eine Liste der Autoren verfügbar. Johnny and Mary. "Johnny and Mary" is a song written by Robert Palmer and was recorded in 1980 at Compass Point Studios, New Providence, in the Bahamas. The song was featured on Palmer's album Clues (1980). "Johnny and Mary" only went to #44 on the UK Singles Chart [1] , but did reach #18 on Billboard's Club Play Singles chart.[1] "Johnny and Mary" was used as the signature tune in advertisements promoting Renault cars throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
    [Show full text]
  • Műhely Dalok Az Angolórán
    Műhely HEGEDŰS KATALIN nyelvtanár Jankó János Általános Iskola és Gimnázium Tótkomlós Dalok az angolórán ENGLISH WITH SONGS 1) Class profile: The lesson plan is made for students of the year 11 of a secondary school (gimnázium) in Tótkomlós. The group consists of 17 students. Level of English: Pre-intermediate. Coursebook used: Hotline / Pre-intermediate / 2) The song: (pop) Yesterday by The Beatles 3) The background of the song: Some data about the Beatles boys' lives in the form of homework 4) The language planned to teach: Everyday English used in communication 5) Pre-listening tasks: Choose a song by The Beatles What is it about? Important topics: emotions esp. love Make up a love-story using the clues 6) Listening task: What is the song about? Try to sing it together with the group. 7) Post-listening task: a) Have a look at the transcript of the song. / Hand out the copies of the song. A copy enclosed / b) Sing it together with the group. c) The Beatles on the Internet: Compare the "modern version" of this song with the original song. / Hand out the two copies of the song / d) Make an entry into your diary: Write about an event when you were successful or frustrated, happy or unhappy 215 8 ) The lesson plan: YESTERDAY BY THE BEATLES and Yesterday by Gordon Foreman Aims: to use background knowledge to generate creative ideas to encourage speaking about personal experience, emotions to encourage using Internet • THE LESSON step by step Pre-Iistening tasks: Warm-up activity: Fill in the chart and solve the riddle.
    [Show full text]
  • Andy Roberts Urban Cowboy 01
    ANDY ROBERTS 01 URBAN COWBOY www.thebeesknees.com ANDY ROBERTS 02 URBAN COWBOY The first seeds for this album were sown in October 1970. Everyone, my Morgan Studios had been started by well-known drummer Barry Morgan post Liverpool Scene band, was put out of business in a devastating four years before, and was Samwell’s studio of choice. His principal client instant when our long wheelbase Transit was side swiped in Basingstoke in those days was Cat Stevens, who was well on his way to being a global by a jack-knifing flatbed, killing Paul Scard, our 19-year-old roadie, and superstar. One day after a Matthews session I was taking my time packing injuring Andy Rochford, his colleague. up my guitars, when in strolled Alan Davies, who was Steve’s right hand man on acoustic (still is, as far as I know). Alan and I knew each other from The musicians in the band were all safely back in London when it way back, when we had both at various times played with Jeremy Taylor happened. Earlier we had played at Southampton University, and I was and Sydney Carter. I showed him the Kriwaczek String Organ I had with Plainsong rehearsal photographs by Harry Isles sitting in drummer John Pearson’s kitchen in Bruton Place, having a cup me (a unique stringed instrument, designed by a great friend of mine, of of tea with John, Dave Richards and Paul, when Andy Rochford phoned up which I was at that time the sole exponent!), and then we began playing to ask if Paul could possibly return to Southampton to fetch him.
    [Show full text]
  • 1974 Timeline
    1974 (Excerpted from Solo in the 70s by Robert Rodriguez © 2014) January Topping the US singles chart: “Time In A Bottle” by Jim Croce “The Joker” by Steve Miller “Show and Tell” by Al Wilson “You’re Sixteen” by Ringo Starr On the airwaves: “One Tin Soldier” by Coven “Sister Mary Elephant” by Cheech and Chong “Smokin’ In The Boys Room” by Brownsville Station Topping the US album chart: The Singles: 1969-1973 by The Carpenters Albums released this month include: Court and Spark by Joni Mitchell Sundown by Gordon Lightfoot Hotcakes by Carly Simon The Way We Were by Barbra Streisand January – Beginning this month and running through till February, Paul and Wings work on Mike McGear’s album at 10CC’s Strawberry Studios Tuesday 8 – The Early Beatles, Capitol’s abridgment of Please Please Me, is finally certified gold nearly eleven years after its issue Monday 28 – “Jet”/“Mamunia” (Apple 1871; peaks at #7) Thursday 31 – Paul and Linda appear on the cover of Rolling Stone Thursday 31 – Film producer Samuel Goldwyn dies at 94 February 1974 Topping the US singles chart: “The Way We Were” by Barbra Streisand “Love’s Theme” by Love Unlimited Orchestra On the airwaves: “Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)” by the Rolling Stones “Americans” by Byron MacGregor “Let Me Be There” by Olivia Newton-John Topping the US album chart: You Don’t Mess Around With Jim by Jim Croce Albums released this month include: Radio City by Big Star Can’t Get Enough by Barry White Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal by Lou Reed What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits by the Doobie Brothers
    [Show full text]
  • ARSC Journal
    Compiling a discography of the Beatles is probably among the most difficult of such tasks. Interest in this group is so intense, however, that the enthusiasm of fanhood has propelled many with little discographic experience to compile and publish any number of them, with, as might be expected, variable results. Yet much of the required discographic information is of the most ephemeral nature, "things everybody knows" for which the most accurate source is rumor, so even the more casual attempts can lead to establishing the truth or otherwise of some assertions. Complicating factors abound. First is the item recorded­ proper title, composer credits (often deliberately inaccurate for reasons of high finance), and actual composer. Then there is the recording history-when and where made, on how many tracks, extra personnel. Next is the information about the recording's dissemination, including sufficient data to establish first edition priorities. Manufacturer, country of issue, label name if different from manufacturer's, issue number (all applicable material from the prefix-body-suffix unit), mode (mono, stereo), format (LP, 45, 4-track 3 3/4 ips open reel, reel size, etc). Finally comes the packaging. An informed collector willing to purchase a first edition wants the whole item, not only the plastic. The original cover, label, and inner sleeve should be identified and inserts (posters, photos, calendars, etc.) fully described. Certainly those issues with extra or less sound information, or prominent differences in the mix, should be pinpointed. There have also been quite a number of items counterfeited (some still widely marketed as originals through retail outlets), and means for discerning them should be furnished.
    [Show full text]
  • MIKE Mcgear/Mccartney: 1974Er Album Mcgear Mit PAUL Mccartey Als 2019Er Veröffetlichungen
    Tägliche BeatlesInfoMail 30.07.19: MIKE McGEAR: 1974er McGEAR mit PAUL McCARTEY als 2019er Veröffetlichungen /// MANY YEARS AGO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Im Beatles Museum erhältlich: Versenden wir gut verpackt und zuverlässig mit DHL (Info über Sendeverlauf kommt per E-Mail). MIKE McGEAR/McCARTNEY: 1974er Album McGEAR mit PAUL McCARTEY als 2019er Veröffetlichungen Abbildungen von links: Vinyl-LP / Set mit zwei CDs und einer DVD Freitag 28. Juni 2019: MIKE McCARTNEY: 2019er Vinyl-LP McGEAR mit PAUL McCARTNEY. 27,95 € LP-Seite 1: Track 1: Sea Breezes (Bryan Ferry) (4:52). Track 2: What Do We Really Know? (Paul McCartney) (3:28) (?). Track 3: Norton (Paul McCartney / Mike McGear) (2:35). Track 4: Leave It (Paul McCartney) (3:44). Track 5: Have You Got Problems? (Paul McCartney / Mike McGear) (6:16). LP-Seite 1: Track 6: The Casket (Paul McCartney / Mike McGear) (3:26). Track 7: Rainbow Lady (?) (?). Track 8: Simply Love You (Paul McCartney / Mike McGear) (5:35). Track 9: Givin’ Grease A Ride (Paul McCartney / Mike McGear) (5:35). Track 10: The Man Who Found God On The Moon (Paul McCartney / Mike McGear) (6:26). Freitag 26. Juli 2019: MIKE McCARTNEY: 2019er Set (2 CDs, 1 DVD) McGEAR mit PAUL McCARTNEY. 32,95 € CD 1 McGEAR - REMASTERED: Track 1: Sea Breezes (Bryan Ferry) (4:52). Track 2: Norton (Paul McCartney / Mike McGear) (2:35). Track 3: Leave It (Paul McCartney) (3:44). Track 4: Have You Got Problems? (Paul McCartney / Mike McGear) (6:16). Track 5: The Casket (Paul McCartney / Mike McGear) (3:26). Track 6: Rainbow Lady (?) (?). Track 7: Simply Love You (Paul McCartney / Mike McGear) (5:35).
    [Show full text]
  • ¶Timglaset #3
    ¶Timglaset #3. 81 Bobbilott Fika: Innehållsförteckning / Table of Contents Joakim Norling: “proverb: words fly higher than eagles” 37 ¶Timglaset #3. ¶Nonsense is the sixth sense. PROVERB: ¶This issue is dedicated to the absurd, the nonsensical and the grotesque. Jokes and puns as serious artistic endeavour, but also boredom, WORDS FLY HIGHER THAN EAGLES seriousness and earnestness used to absurd or humouristic ends. (BENGT ADLERS Q & A) ¶Some of the inspiration was provided by: Akbar del Piombo Fuzz Against Junk (book), Eric Andersen The Untactis of Music (song), Hugo Ball Karawane (poem), Jacques Carelman Catalogue d’Objets Introuvables (drawings), Ivor Cutler Lemon Flower (song), Bill Domonkos, GIF animations, Bruno Dumont P’tit Quinquin (film), Jean Ferry Traveller with Luggage (story), Robert Filliou Futile Box (artwork), Franquin Black Pages (comic), John Greaves & Peter Blegvad & Lisa Herman Kew. Rhone. (album), ¶Bengt Adlers’ CV is a bit like a history of what Peter Greenaway The Falls (film), Ernst Jandl Tohuwabohu (poem/song), was exciting in art and literature in Malmö from Lyrikvännen 6/2012 Nonsens (magazine issue), Marx Brothers’ mirror the mid-seventies and onward. For fifteen years scene from Duck Soup (film), Francis Picabia Parade Amoureuse (painting), Bengt was the curator at Galerie Leger which Erik Satie A Mammal’s Notebook (writings), Soft Machine A Concise British was internationalist in its approach and in its Alphabet (song), Emmett Williams Duet (spoken word), ZNR Garden Party own way as important for the local art scene as (song). the council-owned Malmö konsthall/art gallery. And during those same years he pursued his own ¶Editor: Joakim Norling vision as an author of experimental, conceptual ¶Design & co-editor: Kolja Ogrumov and humourous books of poetry and stories.
    [Show full text]
  • DIGITAL PROGRAMME Christmas 2020
    LI VER POOL CHRISTMAS STRI NG QUARTET CONCERT Liverpool String Quartet Matt Lammin & Friends (Voices) Mike *McGear McCartney (Narrator) PROGRAMME *Winter from The Four Seasons | A. Vivaldi I. Allegro non molto II. Largo III. Allegro *Winter from “Four Seasons of Buenos Aires" | A. Piazzolla *The Snowman | H. Blake Narrator: Mike *McGear McCartney Singers: Matt Lammin & Friends *Last Christmas | Wham! *The Christmas Song | Mel Tormé and Bob Wells *Silent Night | Traditional *Home Alone medley | Leontovych/Wilhousky & John Williams *Merry Christmas Everyone | Shakin’ Stevens Liverpool String Quartet Matt Lammin & Friends (Voices) Mike *McGear McCartney (Narrator) LIVERPOOL STRING QUARTET Róisín Walters | violin Daniel Sanxis | viola Sarah Hill | violin Nick Byrne | cello Since its formation in 2010, the Liverpool String Quartet has given hundreds of concerts in the UK and Europe, to critical acclaim. They have performed in venues throughout Liverpool, including St George’s Hall, Liverpool Philharmonic’s Music Room and Liverpool Cathedral, and have toured Spain and Catalunya twelve times, opening the prestigious Mahon music festival in 2012, and playing in venues such as the Cathedral of Pamplona, and the Teatro Principal de Valls. In 2015 the quartet gave the world premiere of the full string quartet version of The Snowman, which was arranged for the quartet by its composer Howard Blake. They have recorded this on CD, with Sir Ken Dodd narrating, along with a quartet version of the children’s classic Peter and the Wolf. In 2018 the Liverpool String Quartet gave a concert of Beatles music, narrated by Hunter Davies, which was a finalist in Carlisle Living Magazine’s ‘Event of the Year’ award.
    [Show full text]
  • HELP! Do You Want to Know a Secret? Paul Mccartney Is a Twin
    return to updates HELP! Do you want to know a Secret? Paul McCartney is Twins by Miles Mathis First published April 20, 2016 As usual, this is just my personal opinion, based on private research Actually, I had help on this one. “A friend from Colorado”, as he wishes to be called, did some of the initial research on this, and did a great job. I was busy with other papers, and wasn't as interested in this subject as he was, so I gave him the hint and sent him off to look for clues and photos. As he said to me, “It wasn't as hard as I thought. As you have told us, the truth is hiding in plain sight”. Actually, it was my Elvis paper that solved this one for me. You may remember it was there that I gave all my readers the hint, telling them the solution to the Paul McCartney mystery was twins. As my Colorado friend put it after he figured it out: “all these people pushing the Faul theory must either be very bad researchers, or they are publishing purposeful misdirection”. I said, “It is mostly the latter”. As we saw with the JFK “assassination”, the alternative theories create just as much confusion as the mainstream theory, or more. But let's get right to it. Paul is admitted to have a brother Mike. He has gone by the name Mike McGear since the 1960s. But we are told Mike is 18 months younger. Problem is, Mike McGear looks nothing like Mike McCartney.
    [Show full text]
  • THE BEATLES IMAGE: MASS MARKETING 1960S BRITISH and AMERICAN MUSIC and CULTURE, OR BEING a SHORT THESIS on the DUBIOUS PACKAGE of the BEATLES
    THE BEATLES IMAGE: MASS MARKETING 1960s BRITISH AND AMERICAN MUSIC AND CULTURE, OR BEING A SHORT THESIS ON THE DUBIOUS PACKAGE OF THE BEATLES by Richard D Driver, Bachelor of Arts A Thesis In HISTORY Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Texas Tech University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS Approved Aliza S Wong Randy McBee John Borrelli Dean of the Graduate School May, 2007 Copyright 2007, Richard Driver Texas Tech University, Richard D Driver, May 2007 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This work could not have been possible without the encouragement and guidance of a number of individuals, as well as countless persons who pulled books, worked through interlibrary loans, and simply listened to me talk about it. Without the guidance, tolerance, insight, time, and encouragement of my committee, Aliza S Wong and Randy McBee, this thesis would have remained nothing more than a passing thought. Aliza, more than any other professor has been there for me since this project truly began over two years ago. It was her initial push for me to write about something I loved that drove me to attend Graduate school and then build upon what I had done previously with The Beatles “image.” Dr. McBee provided excellent guidance into understanding many of the post-war American facets of this work, not simply those related to The Beatles or music in general. Additional thanks are reserved for Dr. Julie Willett for her class on sexuality and gender where new methods and modes of historical thought were founded in this work. Finally, this thesis would have been impossible had I not been accepted into and granted a teaching position in the History Department at Texas Tech University, and it is to the entire department that I owe my greatest thanks.
    [Show full text]